A class-action lawsuit against a California-based grocery retailer could set a new precedent against union-busters.
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A class-action lawsuit against a California-based grocery retailer could set a new precedent against union-busters.
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By Amanda Katz / Labor Notes When Los Angeles educators joined school support staff on the picket lines last month, our solidarity strike helped them clinch a contract with a 30 percent raise. Riding that wave, yesterday educators reached a tentative agreement of our own, with a 21 percent raise, smaller classes, and improved staffing. Superintendent Alberto […]
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Even within the booming anti-union consulting industry, this is an unusually high amount of spending.
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By Jenny Brown / Labor Notes Starbucks projects the image of an employee-friendly company, but its workers have been exposing the contradiction between the company’s words and its actions. On March 29, they’ll get some help from the U.S. Senate’s HELP Committee, chaired by Bernie Sanders. The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has called […]
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Following multiple, dangerous derailments across the country, those working the railroad have a solution to the nation's rail crisis: public ownership.
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By David Story / Labor Notes Unionism has seen a resurgence in popularity the past few years. The problem is, it’s very difficult to get our members organizing in their communities when they hate the way our leadership (I use that word loosely) is operating. Our unions shouldn’t be, and I’d argue weren’t meant to […]
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When numbers are a mixed bag, deciding whether to frame them positively, negatively or neutrally is a deliberate editorial decision.
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